chong

Yes, I agree with Richard. Originally, banana in Spanish is Platano. Only recently, it became "banano". I'm sure in 1836, the yellow banana that we know now was already in existence. (Although maybe not in Jamaica.) The Galleon Trade was established by Spain between Manila and Acapulco in the mid-late 1500s. Tropical fruits, including bananas, were brought from Asia to the New World, and vice-versa. The Philippines was probably one of the first Asian country to get New World fruits like guava, sapote, annonacious family of fruits, pineapple, etc. And the New World got bananas, citrus, mango, breadfruit, etc. The last galleon sailed from Manila to Acapulco in 1811. So, the plantain and the banana must have been established in the New World well before the "discovery in Jamaica in 1836" of the yellow banana.